New parents often describe childbirth and their part in procreation in religious, almost mystical, terms. It’s a “miracle,”...
Family
In the first half of the 20th century, when the church at least seemed more organized, an inquiring Catholic could draw on an organizational chart of the...
One morning a several years back I had occasion to call a neighboring parish, the name of which is All Souls. Not having the number handy, I dialed information...
Suspended from the kitchen ceiling in my home is a metal contraption from which my wife dangles wicker baskets, wooden spoons, metal pots, and handmade cloth...
By Margaret Mantle This article appeared in the May 1989 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 54, No. 5, pages 29-31). Like a lot of us, I grew up with a pretty...
By Alicia Marsland This article appeared in the March 1985 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 50, No. 3, pages 30-31). It is a reprint from Bringing Religion Home...
By John Delaney This article appeared in the November 1983 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 48, No. 11, pages 31-33). Among the Catholic customs that went out the...
By Dan Grippo This article appeared in the December 1979 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 44, No. 12, pages 23-24). Christmas. I’m sick of fighting my way into...
